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Re: [Groff] Re: Introduction
From: |
Keith MARSHALL |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] Re: Introduction |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:55:01 +0100 |
[Concerning the availability of man vs. info pages]
D. E. Evans wrote:
> I agree. However, as a GNU program, GNU users are going to
> automatically look at info, not man...
Says who? I'm a GNU/Linux user, and I will go for the man page
first, every time.
As others have said, it is intensely irritating to say `man foo',
only to be referred to an info document. Even more irritating to
be referred to an info document for more information, only to find
there a verbatim copy of what I've just read in the man page, with
nothing added, or to say `info bar', to be told "no info on bar",
and then be presented with a manpage, but having to use info's
interface to peruse it.
Regards,
Keith.